Mike Tirico: Rex Ryan wouldn't be camera shy
New York Jets' head coach Rex Ryan talks with reporters after training camp in Cortland, N.Y., Friday, Aug.1, 2014. Credit: Hans Pennink
Two of Rex Ryan's would-be teammates at ESPN, Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden, believe he will coach rather than go the TV route. But they agree he would be a natural.
Tirico said Ryan handled the New York media as well as anyone since Bill Parcells.
"There's no learning curve of getting comfortable in front of the camera, in front of microphones," he said. "If Rex does go that way, I think it's as smooth a transition as you could see from head coach to media guy."
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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